Aristotle Vs Galileo

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Before Newton there was three men named Aristotle, Galileo, and Kepler. All three of these men had important beliefs, discoveries and findings that would later be used by Newton. Aristotle believed that an object at rest or in place would remain in that state unless acted upon by a force. Newton would later expand on Aristotle's beliefs, and use the law of inertia founded by Galileo in order to create his first law of motion. Galileo proved that all objects fall at a constant acceleration and as previously stated write the law of inertia. Newton named Galileo's discovery on the force that affects all objects Gravity. Newton also discovered that the laws of gravity are the same for the whole universe which is known as universal law …show more content…

Newton was raised by his grandmother since his father was dead and his mother left him to be with her second husband.. After being raised by his grandmother for nine years Newton's mother returned to raise him but only after her second husband had died. She decided that Newton would take care of the property that she was left with due to being widowed twice. However, Newton didn’t want this and was sent to grammar school in Grantham to study for university. On June 1661 he enrolled at Trinity college, Cambridge. It was during his time in university that Newton learned about Aristotle, Galileo, Kepler, and many other important people and their discoveries. Newton received his bachelors in April 1665, later in the same year the Great plague of London happened which forced him to his family's house for two years. It was during those two years that Newton began the foundation to calculus, started writing an essay called “Of Colors”, studied and applied circular motion to the planets and moon which helped him later in life with the law of universal gravity. On march 31, 1727, London, Newton died at the age of 85. During his life Newton was able to accomplish many scientific things. Like his three laws of motion, and the theory of gravity. His first law of motion is law of inertia. His second law of motion is F=(m)(a). His third law motion is for every action there is an equal and opposite …show more content…

Hypothesis is an idea before it has been tested. Theory is an idea that has been tested multiple times and not proven to be false. A law is found to true/absolute. The Geodetic and Frame-Dragging Effects The Equivalence Principle, The Shapiro Effect: The Relativistic Delay of Light, The Gravitational Redshifting of Light, The Deflection of Light by Cosmic Bodies, and The Perihelion Precession of Mercury have all been verified from einstein's work. Westfall, R. S. (2017, December 18). Sir Isaac Newton. Retrieved January 28, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Newton Sara Rennekamp, Inside Science News Service. (2015, February 09). How a Wire Was Used to Measure a Tiny Force of Gravity. Retrieved January 28, 2018, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-wire-was-used-to-measure-a-tiny-force-of-gravity/ Mike W., M. (n.d.). Q & A: equivalence principle.Published 11,16 2009 Retrieved January 28, 2018, from https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=14980 Schwarzschild Radius | COSMOS. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28, 2018, from http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/S/Schwarzschild-Radius Dodelson, S. (2009). Gravitational Lensing. American Institute of